Seat leon mk3 1.8tsi dsg issue

seat4life

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Jan 2, 2019
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So little background story i have mk3 seat leon 1.8tsi DSG done around 55k. Got the car in 2019. It was fine until last year so about 45k started to notice clutch judder.

It only happened when the car was warm and at low rpm. R, 1 and 2 its judder.
Went to the garage did full gearbox rest and updated the gearbox still no luck. Fast forward until now. OMG the judder in low rpm is so noticeable.

Now at motorway speed. So half throttle around 3.5 rpm when it's changing from 2 to 3 and 6 to 7 the whole car judder.

Bear in mind the gearbox has had not been serviced at all as seat dealer told me it can't be serviced. Sealed for life which is bit silly and no oil last for ever due to heat cycle etc.. So i just left it and that was around 45k at 55k Took it to vw specialist and they said it can be done. Since ive let it for long time the old oil might be holding eveything in place and when u drain the old oil metal bits might fall out. So i don't want to take that change if that happens that am totally F***

At this point might aswel sell the car before. the dq200 goes bang.

After doing my research the dq200 its a total mess don't know how vw let that happen. I was looking at cupra st 300 with the dq381 and i hope that's will be a betted experience.

Apart from that i love the car 1.8 is animal and quick too..

Sorry for the long read any opinion would be great
 

seat4life

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Jan 2, 2019
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Also it's holding the gears a lot longer then it should and it can't make up its mind when to change up or down sometime i have change the gear my shelf using the dsg shift
 

Bluepower

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May 1, 2016
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DQ200 can be serviced just fine... 2 different types of oil are used. 1 for the gears and 1 for the mechatronics..
The dealer says its liftetime, but they too know that is far beneath the truth, but they do not have the authority to do an oil change(which is not too hard to do yourself:
)
But by the sound of it, it sounds like an issues that most likely will not be solved by just an oil change...
Did ou get the car scanned for faults in the DSG?
 

seat4life

Active Member
Jan 2, 2019
14
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DQ200 can be serviced just fine... 2 different types of oil are used. 1 for the gears and 1 for the mechatronics..
The dealer says its liftetime, but they too know that is far beneath the truth, but they do not have the authority to do an oil change(which is not too hard to do yourself:
)
But by the sound of it, it sounds like an issues that most likely will not be solved by just an oil change...
Did ou get the car scanned for faults in the DSG?
Yes i did nothing has come up but it's definitely mechanical issue
 
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